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  • Trip to the historic Hole in the Wall

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter Photographer|Jun 7, 2018

    You've read about it in history books. You've seen it in the movies. You've heard the tall tales. But have you actually ever seen the Hole in the Wall? I was fortunate enough this past weekend to join 46 other folks for a special tour of the "Den of Thieves" conducted by one of the premier historians of the area, Clay Gibbons. Our day trip to the Hole in the Wall began early, gathering to carpool in Thermopolis at 7:30 a.m. Once Gibbons arrived, we were off on a once in a lifetime adventure....

  • Hospital participates in wound care week

    Jun 7, 2018

    Wound Management Service at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital is helping raise awareness about chronic wounds. The fifth annual Wound Care Awareness Week is being held June 4-8. Care providers across the nation will dedicate the week to educating colleagues, patients, and the general public about the prevalence of chronic wounds and options for treatment. Jeri Black-Farber is a physical therapist certified in wound care. She explained a wound may be considered chronic if it doesn't heal in an orderly manner and within a predictable time peri...

  • Thermopolis highway project planned

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter Photographer|Jun 7, 2018

    The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) held a public meeting at the firehall last week to give details to the planned work on Hwy. 20 in 2020. According to WYDOT spokesman Cody Beers, the work will go to bid in 2019 and begin the spring of 2020. The work should be completed by the end of that summer's construction season. "The streets are coming apart," Beers said. "The sub-grade is getting bad. We're planning an overlay as well as fiixing the curbs and gutters at the corners to make...

  • Film crew visits Thermopolis

    Cindy Glasson, Reporter Photographer|Jun 7, 2018

    by Cindy Glasson A film crew from A & E was in town late last week doing research and conducting interviews for an upcoming documentary series. The six part series is based on juveniles sentenced to life in prison and they are cris-crossing the U.S. investigating various cases including the James Wylie case from Hot Springs County. The crew did interviews with John Lumley, current Sheriff Lou Falgoust, County Attorney Jerry Williams, the first firefighter that entered the home and others during...

  • About people

    Jun 7, 2018

    Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees Sandra Place, Michelle Westman, Ingrid Larson, Justine Ahumada and Bethany Barna recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The program is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries. Noah Schwalbe has been selected to play for the North in the 2018 Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game. Joe Doak and Matt Ryan, members of the 307 Football Officials Association, have been selected to...

  • Service to veterans

    Jun 7, 2018

    Saturday morning Nathan Wille, left, and Orion Jenks help the VFW remove flags from veterans headstones. The flags were put out for Memorial Day and will be carefully stored....

  • Addressing feral cat issues

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Jun 7, 2018

    by Mark Dykes Feral cats are becoming quite an issue in Thermopolis, and Animal Control Officer Ame Logwell estimated there were about 1,500, not counting East Thermopolis. In her counts, she noted, she follows guidelines to try to identify colonies. “We have some pretty large colonies,” she said, with the two biggest in Hot Springs State Park and on the south end of Sixth Street. Longwell said she also has a long list of people who have been calling about feral cat problems in their own homes,...

  • Freel moves on to retirement

    Jun 7, 2018

    The Hot Springs County School District is losing an educator this year who has spent 34 years with the district, teaching everything from first grade to online courses at the high school, Ronda Freel. Freel started out at the Hamilton Dome school teaching third and fourth grade from 1984 to 1991. She worked her way up to being lead teacher at the Dome until classes had shrunk so much they were down to a single classroom. “It was awesome out there,” Freel said. “We were our own little community. Everyone came to all the programs and thing...

  • Creating a dino

    Mark Dykes, Editor|Jun 7, 2018

    Joe Moon makes an outline for a Tyrannosaurus Rex on the painted mural covering the windows of dilapidated properties on Arapahoe....

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